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ghsa-q89f-4fm5-5x46

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 19:15

Modified

2022-05-24 19:15

Details

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

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CVE-2021-39828 (GCVE-0-2021-39828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-09-27 15:43

Modified

2025-04-23 19:27

Severity ?

5.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions ()

Summary

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

References

URL

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https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb21-80.html

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Adobe	Digital Editions	Version: unspecified < Version: unspecified <

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